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Thursday, 21 August 2014

#GCSEResults ATTITUDE is more important than Grades. Ever thought of Selling as a Career?

Congratulations to all who passed their GCSEs today.

If you really want to go Uni - follow that dream, study for A level or whatever else is required.but today you may just wish to take a pause and ask yourself is going to Uni REALLY your dream right now ?

Your parents will be proud of you. They will be telling other parents of your achievement ( and in no small measure vocally justifying the sacrifices they made for you).

Your school teachers will also be proud of your achievement after all they have facilitated your progress.

Your School will be proud because one of the Indexes they love to quote is the number of pupils who got GCSEs, A levels and University places.

Some young people ( and you may be one of them) are pushed into staying on at school or college trying for A levels and university.

But WHAT REALLY is YOURWISH?

Determined AttitudeAndy Murray style ! Probably best not to wield your tennis racket in the interview room though :) !

As the Times Newspaper on August 20th points out Attitude * beats exam grades in the jobs market. A can-do approach is more important than an A* . A survey of 200 employers was carried out in July 2014 by the Recruitment and Employment Federation.

Nearly 50% half said that the most important quality they looked for in a young person was their attitude.

20% said they key criterion was the level of qualifications that an applicant held such as an honours degree, A levels and GCSEs

Only 4% said they studied the grades of the candidates and based their decision on that.

Qualifications can be a good indicator of ability but the survey shows employers put a high value on attitude. Chief executive of the Recruitment and Employment Federation Kevin Green says

" Our advice is young people need to think about how they project a positive, can-do attitude when applying for jobs"

This blog covers Professional Selling. If you have not thought about a career in this sector take a look around the site. Take a look at the posts Career in Sales or the other topic labels on the right hand side.

What ever YOU decide - and it is YOUR decision- good luck and if you join the brotherhood and sisterhood of selling- welcome ! Your country ( whichever country that is) needs you !

You will also have a lot of fun and you can earn a 'bob or two' along the way as well.......

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